Ch 4,7,8 Quiz – Flashcards

A disadvantage of longitudinal studies is that

In Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which of the following exemplifies the concept of accommodation

Hypothetical and deductive thinking are characteristic of which of Jean Piaget's stage of cognitive development

Developmental research of the formation of attachment indicates that a child's secure attachment to its mother during infancy is predictive of which of the following during toddler years?

Carol Gilligan's critique of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development focuses primarily on

Which of the following best reflects contemporary interpretations of classical conditioning?

Money most often modifies people's behavior because it is a powerful

Learning that is not demonstrated as it occurs is called

A monkey's choosing a circle from an array of geometric shapes in order to be rewarded with a banana is an example of

Four year old Scott fell down stairs at grandma's. He was not hurt but frightened. When parents mention visiting grandma's house, he feels anxious and fearful. In classical conditioning, what is the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus in the scenario.

Which of the following is a partial reinforcement schedule that is most resistant to extinction?

A child who learns that spoons are tableware and then correctly calls forks and knives tableware is demonstrating

Robert Rescorla's contingency model of classical conditioning states that

People who difficulty remembering recently learned material because of similar information learned earlier in life are demonstrating the phenomenon of

In Elizabeth Loftus's study of memory reconstruction in which students viewed films of an automobile accident, the major influence on recall was

The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of

Which of the following kinds of learning is indicated by the ability to recall a memorized list of unrelatable words in reverse order?

In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the

A researcher asks participants to identify red shapes on a screen. Following, novel objects of various colors are shown. They correctly identify red objects more quickly than objects of a different color. The results illustrate

In a memory study, the experimenter reads the same list of words to two groups. She asks group A to count the letters in each word, and she asks group B to focus on the meaning for a memory quiz. During the recall test, group B recalls more words than Group A. Memory researchers attribute this effect to differences in